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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1636305, member: 4626"]Nah, just say the trombone has a lot of applesauce, and I'm sure everyone will understand precisely what you mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to convey meaning to people it pays to use phrasing people will understand. "Heavy leg activity" doesn't really convey the sense that the eagle's leg has "a lot" (if you want to say 3 is a lot) of marks. The leg isn't doing anything; it had something done to it, so "activity" doesn't seem very precise. Maybe to you it does, and you look it at it and "heavy leg activity" is the first thing that pops into your head. But well the phrase leaves something to be desired when trying to convey that sense to others. I had no idea what you meant until you used plainer language, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1636305, member: 4626"]Nah, just say the trombone has a lot of applesauce, and I'm sure everyone will understand precisely what you mean. If you want to convey meaning to people it pays to use phrasing people will understand. "Heavy leg activity" doesn't really convey the sense that the eagle's leg has "a lot" (if you want to say 3 is a lot) of marks. The leg isn't doing anything; it had something done to it, so "activity" doesn't seem very precise. Maybe to you it does, and you look it at it and "heavy leg activity" is the first thing that pops into your head. But well the phrase leaves something to be desired when trying to convey that sense to others. I had no idea what you meant until you used plainer language, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.[/QUOTE]
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